Jackie Dunham reports: Canada Post has informed 44 of its large business customers that information relating to more than 950,000 customers was compromised after one of its suppliers fell victim to a malware attack late last week. On Wednesday, the postal agency announced that Commport Communications, an electronic data interchange solution supplier, had notified them…
Colonial Pipeline Accused of Negligence in Proposed Class Action
Jake Holland reports: Colonial Pipeline Co. and its owners acted negligently by employing lax cybersecurity standards that left the company vulnerable to a massive ransomware attack, a proposed Georgia federal court class action alleges. The company breached its duty to employ industry security standards, and that failure translated into system outages that harmed consumers by raising…
New Privacy Bill Provides Opt-Out Rights and New Data Security Requirements
Andrew Longhi, Jayne Ponder, and Libbie Canter of Covington & Burling write: To add to the growing list of federal privacy frameworks introduced this year, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has re-introduced the bipartisan Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2021 (S. 1667). Senator Klobuchar introduced the bill originally in 2018 and 2019, although it did…
NZ: New Zealand, hacker attack: Zeppelin ransomware blocks patient care at Waikato DHB
Marco A. De Felice writes: More than a week after the May 18 cyber attack, the computer systems of the Waikato District Health Board (Waikato DHB) have not yet been restored. Some scheduled surgeries in DHB’s five hospitals have been postponed, while non-urgent cases are postponed until all IT systems are back in operation. From…
CEFCO Allegedly Victim of Data Theft
Jackson Lewis reports: Hackers have posted 42 gigabytes of data allegedly stolen from CEFCO Convenience Stores on a website known as Marketo. The website indicates the stolen data includes “agreements, financial data, account lists, budget reports, NDAs and other interesting documents,” according to the post attached to the file online. Read more on CSP.
WA: Clover Park School District investigating ransomware attack
Kevin Ko reports: Facing a “system outage,” the Clover Park School District is investigating why it’s “experiencing a technology issue,” a district spokesperson said in a statement. “We are working with third-party cybersecurity specialists to investigate the root cause of this system outage and will provide more information as our investigation continues,” the statement reads….